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Culture First. Management Second.™
Build the classroom you actually WANT to teach in.
 
If you lead with behavior management,
you'll always be managing.
Most teachers were taught what to do after behavior happens. Very few were actually taught how to build the foundation that helps them manage LESS.
Stop putting out fires all day.
Students talking nonstop? Repeating the same directions over and over? A routine that falls apart every single day? Before you add another consequence or behavior strategy, let's figure out what's missing underneath it.
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SO WHAT COMES BEFORE MANAGEMENT?

You can't just tell students what kind of classroom you want. You have to teach them how to build it with you.

We tell students to be respectful. Be responsible. Work together. Participate. Persevere. But when do they actually get to learn and practice what those things look like?

Classroom culture isn't something you announce. It's something students experience.

Create opportunities for students to work together, disagree respectfully, contribute, solve problems, persevere, lead, and take responsibility.

That's why we build around three things:
High Expectations
Students understand what's expected and what it actually looks like in action.
Student Voice
Students participate, contribute, reflect, make decisions, and take more ownership.
Relationships
Students feel known and connected and learn how to work with you and with each other.
THIS IS WHERE TEACHING STARTS TO FEEL DIFFERENT

Imagine not having to manage every little thing.

Not because your students suddenly became perfect. Because they know what's expected, how to contribute, and how to take more responsibility for what happens in the classroom.

You're not repeating the same direction five times.
You're not the only person keeping the classroom moving.
The same few students aren't doing all the talking and thinking.
Students start taking more ownership instead of waiting for you.
You get to spend more of your day actually teaching.

Less of your energy goes to repeating, reminding, correcting, and managing every little thing.

When you get better at teaching, teaching gets easier.
THIS IS WHERE I COME IN

You don't need more stuff. You need to know what to do next.

That's why I created Teach Like a Top TEN™. Bring me what's actually happening in your classroom and let's figure out what needs attention and what to try next.

Build what matters. Get help when it gets messy.

No giant resource library to dig through. Start where you are, grab what you need, try it in your classroom, and come back when you need help with the next move.

Build Your Foundation

Start with the 21-Day Build Your Classroom™ Challenge and build from High Expectations, Relationships, and Student Voice.

Grab Your Strategy & Go

Get small, timely classroom strategies and challenges you can use with what you're already teaching.

Get LIVE Coaching

Bring your real classroom questions to our LIVE coaching and Q&As, or post in the community when you need feedback.

I don't hand you my classroom. I help you build yours.
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MEET SARAH

I spent years trying to get better at managing students. Then I changed what I was building before I had to manage.

I'm Sarah Legault, a former classroom teacher and instructional coach with 20+ years in education. For the first part of my career, I thought becoming a better teacher meant getting better at classroom management.

Eventually, I realized I didn't want to get better at managing students. I wanted to build a classroom that didn't require me to manage every little thing. That shift changed my teaching and became the foundation of Teachers Empowerment Network.

“The teacher is still the leader. But the teacher doesn't have to be the only person making the classroom work.”

— Sarah Legault, Founder of Teachers Empowerment Network

START WHERE YOU ARE

Build the classroom you actually WANT to teach in.

Less managing. More teaching.

Teach Like a Top TEN™ • $27/month • Start anytime • Cancel anytime

Culture First. Management Second.™

Build it FIRST. Manage it SECOND.™